anyone got any views on pattern part cambelts ?

Ford want £120 for a ranger cambelt but they are on ebay for £30

i happily fit pattern parts but with a vital part im having second thoughts now

bear in mind the £120 is for the belt only , no tensioner !

any thoughts ?

 

the only pattern belts i would fit would be ones made by gates as they make the original equipment for most manufacturers anyway

 

ive seen a few "gates" advertised at a good price

anyone else back that up ?

 

yep, buy gates!

 

what about changing the tensioner ?

as a matter of course ive always changed the tensioner regardless when ive done a belt but Ford dont bother with a routine belt change and said its not needed unless its noisy ???

 

I used gates on my Cosworth as have loads of my friends. Pretty sure Ford YB belts are gates anyway?

As for tensioner I'd go OEM personally.

 

Well its only a 1.4 fiesta but my cambelt was a motorfactors part and its been fine. I'd get better quality products if I owned an RS model though.

 

gates for me too.

 

most ford belts are made by gates anyhow so your only paying for the ford mark up if you buy from dealer

 

Gates all the way lol

 

Gates are the people, I have this with customers all the time, ford, vauxhall etc dont have factory's that make theses parts they are made by gates etc anyway with the ford badge put on the no such thing as gen belts etc

 

just ordered a "Gates" belt and genuine tensioner , well gen Mazda but its the same !

cheers for the help

 

Another +1 for Gates, they are OEM for most makes.

 

I've fitted many cambelts over the last 15 years of various manufacturer never remember a single issue with any of them, gates, contitech, unipart, dayco

 

Also makes great sence to change the water pump also as the belts off